LibertyCon 37: Full Schedule

3:00pm EDT

Out and About at LibertyCon

Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Author Nick Braker and his wife Charita host Out and About at LibertyCon, a look into the local eateries, shops and sightseeing nearby to the LibertyCon venue.

Guests

Nick Braker

Nick A. Braker, sci-fi author, crafts thrilling space operas with vivid characters. A computer scientist, he enjoys table tennis and VR with his wife.

Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C

Main Programming, Panel

4:00pm EDT

The Xenoarchaeology Roadshow

Friday June 20, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

M - Plaza Ballroom B

Jody Lynn Nye (Mod.) Our colleagues from the University of Antares shipped us a fresh crate of alien artifacts, all in need of identification. Can you decipher their true use?

Moderators

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as ‘spoiling cats.’ When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction books and short stories.Before breaking away from gainful employment to write full time, Jody worked as a file clerk, book-keeper... Read More →

Guests

Jim Beall

Jim Beall (BS-Math, MBA, PE) has been a nuclear engineer for 50 years, beginning as a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy. Civilian experience includes design, construction, inspection, enforcement, and assessment with a nuclear utility, an architect engineering firm, and the... Read More →

Shami Stovall

Shami Stovall is a multi-award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Before that, she taught history and criminal law at the college level. She loves John, reading, and writing about herself in the third person.

Terry Maggert

Terry has authored 79 books, including the Backyard Starship, Peacemaker Wars, and Messenger series. He lives on a compound near Nashville, and is actively seeking to purchase a giraffe. He's a car enthusiast, a runner, and a collector of vintage science fiction in all forms. He is... Read More →

Kacey Ezell

Kacey Ezell is a helicopter pilot with 3000+ hours in the UH-1N Huey, Mi-171, and EC130 helicopters. When not beating the air into submission, she writes sci-fi/fantasy/horror/noir/ alternate history fiction. She is a two-time Dragon Award Finalist for Best Alternate History and won... Read More →

Toni Weisskopf

Toni Weisskopf is the publisher of Baen Books, a leading publisher of SF and fantasy for 40 years. She is also a member of the Interstellar Research Group board of advisors. She is the mother of a delightful daughter, and presides over a household that includes three dogs, one cat... Read More →

Friday June 20, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom B Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

Main Programming, Panel

12:00pm EDT

Pro and Cons of Bugging In versus Bugging Out

Saturday June 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

M - Plaza Ballroom C

Panel discussion of the pro and cons of bugging in vs. bugging out. John Locke moderator.

Moderators

John Locke

John M. Locke is a Retired Veteran of the United States Army. Notable assignments included the 3rd Armored Div, 82nd Airborne Div and 2nd Infantry Division. He served in the first Gulf War with 3rd Bn, 73rd Armor, the only Airborne Armor unit in the free world. John retired from the... Read More →

Guests

David Shadoin

David "Shady" Shadoin is a trouble-making, scotch-drinking, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. All of his publications can be found at Chris Kennedy Publishing or Amazon, as some are a part of the famous... Read More →

Tim Bischoff

Tim “Cajun” Bischoff, born in Kentucky and raised in Bourbon country on a dairy farm. Writing along with cooking, fishing and cruising in his restored 1973 Chevelle are some of his passions. Tim has had three short stories published, the newest as author Timothy Hardy in 3 Ravens... Read More →

Erin Palette

Erin Palette is a Prepper, an Eagle Scout, and a Floridian. She believes that anyone can be prepared for most emergencies with some common sense and basic materials. She curates Blue Collar Prepping, a blog which has been teaching readers since 2014 how preparedness doesn’t have... Read More →

Bethanne Kim

Bethanne Kim is a publisher with the new alternate history magazine “Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond” and a writer in the 1632verse. She also writes about emergency preparedness (including on TheSurvivalMom.com), zombies, being a Scout leader, the US Constitution, and whatever else... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C

Main Programming, Panel

6:00pm EDT

Podcasting for Fun and Profit

Saturday June 21, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT

CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)

Stephen Euin Cobb will moderate this panel of podcasters who will talk about their passion and how it impacts the world around them.

Moderators

Stephen Euin Cobb

Stephen Euin Cobb is an author, novelist, magazine writer, futurist, award-winning podcaster, and host of The Interstellar Research Group's video series “From Here to the Stars,” for which he won the Iridani Award in 2021. For over ten years, he produced a weekly podcast, "The... Read More →

Guests

Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan is a Professional Book Reviewer on YouTube. His YouTube channel, "Jonathan Koan", features book reviews, author interviews, rankings, book hauls, unboxings, recommendations and more! He reviews Science Fiction, Fantasy, Media Tie-in Fiction, Thrillers, and more!

William Joseph Roberts

William Joseph Roberts has been called a Renaissance man, and an insane squirrel wrangler by his peers. Since his enlistment ended, he has pursued careers as an industrial and architectural designer, design engineer, and is now an award-winning author, editor, and publisher with Three... Read More →

David Badurina

David Badurina is a speculative fiction author from the frozen tundra of New Hampshire. David is a father, business owner, 4th degree black belt, host of The MIRTH QUAKE Web Show, and a little too fond of the absurd. In 2024 he released his sci-fi space comedy novel, SPACE PEW PEW... Read More →

Roger and Janet Carden

Roger and Janet Carden are the husband-and-wife team behind The Halfling and the Spaceman: Journeys In Active Fandom. (2022-present) The Halfling and the Spaceman is a podcast featuring a series of conversations with creators as they detail their personal journey from becoming inspired... Read More →

Sean Patrick Hazlett

Sean Patrick Hazlett is an Army veteran and former captain, speculative fiction writer and editor, and finance executive in the San Francisco Bay area. He was born in Wilmington, Delaware, but trekked across the country to pursue an AB in history and BS in electrical engineering from... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

Main Programming, Panel

9:00pm EDT

50 Years in Fandom: A Historical Retrospective Interview of Special GOH Ben Yalow

Saturday June 21, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

M - Plaza Ballroom C

A Historical Retrospective Interview of Special GOH Ben Yalow exploring his 50 Years in Fandom. Lisa Moore hosts.

Guests

Ben Yalow

LC37 Special Guest of Honor

Ben Yalow’s very first convention he attended as a fan was Lunacon in 1971, followed later that year by his first Worldcon, Noreascon. Ben first started staffing conventions at the very first Star Trek convention in January 1972, followed by the Worldcon in 1973, Torcon 2. He has... Read More →

Lisa D. Moore

Lisa D. Moore is a copy editor at Raconteur Press and aspiring journalist in North Texas. She is a military brat, Chestertonian, and MSTie. Her latest undertaking is learning videography, currently documenting SF/fandom history with her infinitely patient friend, Ben Yalow.

Saturday June 21, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C

Main Programming, Panel